Xbox Creator Quits

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  The gamecube is in last place in North America and has had an underwhelming run in Japan. Nintendo ... : johnny rotten
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    Uh, if you want to talk about underwhelming in Japan, talk about the Xbox. MS has only sold around 200,0... : Zillax0rz
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      I already knew that the Xbox wouldn't do well in Japan. That was almost a foregone conclusion. US Tech p... : Foozmelon
      • Yes...however, this goes to show how much influence and such MS has internationally. You just don't say ... : Evangelion
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      the difference being the xbox was never expected to kick ass in japan. The Gamecube was supposed to be ... : johnny rotten
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        See, that's where you're wrong. The GameCube IS doing much better. It's neck and neck with the Xbox in U... : Zillax0rz
        • I suspect with the price drop it will do better than Xbox, but I don't think it will completely rock the... : 0Wingfan
        • it has moved roughly 3x the units in japan with a 5 month head start. Based on the miserable performanc... : johnny rotten
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    The gamecube ... has had an underwhelming run in Japan. cumulative hardware sales figures in japa... : emacs
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      "In Japan, Nintendo shipped 1.29 million GameCubes between its September 14 debut and March 31, while Xb : johnny rotten
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        There is absolutely ZERO useful information here for comparitive purposes. i was responding to ... : emacs
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          You're comparing how much Nintendo has shipped (not sold) in a longer period than Microsoft has sold mac... : 0Wingfan
          • There is exactly zero basis for a comparison in that sentence no. do the math. the sell-through... : emacs
• I don't really know who you are referring to. No one in this thread has made the 'games for Kids argumen... : Foozmelon
• for one complaining about fanboys you sure like defending nintendo from "bashing" that hasn't even happe... : hunterkiller

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  I bought that yesterday, I am finished today...enjoy your 4 hours of gaming. =( : fragasm
  • I rented it and found a handful of bugs. Like where those things 14 killer robots come, there was one le... : Zillax0rz
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    It's all good....a short and sweet Spiderman game is all good.. Spiderman for the Genesis was short too ... : Wolfanoz
    • ahh spider man on genesis was the shit!!! : -=kodiak=-
• I dont get it it did better than they expected outside of the U.S.? SO I think its okay : ---D1cKy-Mo3---
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  o_O. Are you trying to defend the XBox or make it look bad? 1) The Dreamcast died 2) Spider-man is on ... : jidar
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    The Dreamcast died because Sega had a reputation of building systems that wouldn't live more than a year... : 0Wingfan
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      and because everyone and their dog were burning DC games. : Fred Garvin
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        I don't think that had much of an effect on overall sales. Honestly. Looking at the numbers and everythi... : 0Wingfan
        • "overall sales" = "software sales" : 0Wingfan
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      It must also be said that the ps2 hype was enourmous, and the DC was practiclly seen as a stop gap for... : sergio_r
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        you deserve to be flamed eternally, but i'll just kindly point out a few of your more glaringly stup... : |hawkeye|
        • hehe ok It was late, I was tired and emotional. But you gotta admit that the ps2 does not live up... : sergio_r

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• hahaha! trespasser 2... : timmie
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  Do you recall System Shock, Flight Unlimited, and Terra Nova? All Blackley-related products. : EvilDolemite
  • No, because people like to dwell on the crap and not the flowers that grow out of it. : Fred Garvin
  • More like Looking Glass, Doug Church related projects. I don't think Blackley had that much influence up... : Evangelion
• I liked tresspasser : ansuble
• Trespasser? Is that the game where you had to sneak into his bed and ateal his PJ's without setting o... : sergio_r
• Hahahahhaha... don't give up your day job. : Fred Garvin
• ARM SIMULATOR 2.0! I can't wait. : UtilityMaximizer
• Respect - -. I know Trespasser was bad, but I expect devs to behave better than that. Especially ones... : 0Wingfan
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  http://members.ozemail.com.au/~abrasion98/trespasser2.avi http://members.ozemail.com.au/~abrasion98/tre... : abrasion
  • Hahah. :D : pipboy

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• nope! : ventro

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• w3rd that one solid gold post boyyyeeee! : RogerDandy
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  what the hell, yeah the system that is more powerful wins everytime, thats such crap how many times has ... : whore
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    I have no freaking idea what I'm talking about, eh? You're missing what I'm saying. I didn't proclaim : Rev. Trimble
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      i try :) i could care less i have a dreamcast :) to poor for anything else, sorry i tend to write semi i... : whore
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        You have a DC, huh? The DC was a more powerful system than the PS2, as far as graphics/proc... : Rev. Trimble
        • Well, I wouldn't say that. Not more powerfull... just much much much more featurefull. The dreamcaste wa... : smart1
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    thats such crap how many times has an inferior product in consoles done better than one that has more ca : 0Wingfan
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      "Sega Genesis had SegaCD at a time when CD-based gaming was quite new beyond a few computer titles. Supe... : Foozmelon
      • N64 was superior and it didn't sell better than the PS1 though. That was more of a mix. Many would sa... : 0Wingfan

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• Wishful thinking. : Zillax0rz
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  what an oversimplification. if that were true, there would be no bmw's and ferraris, no B&W speakers,... : mattleexbox
  • Well that's why I said price vs. value. Perhaps I should have said price vs. value RATIO to make it mor... : computerBoy
• The xbox isnt shitty at all, it's the games that are suckin balls. : Bali
• It's also hard to compete with the huge Japanese import tariffs and lack of support for any American pro... : hunterkiller
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  WTF are you talking about? Xbox is the best value hands down. $300 for ethernet, a harddisk, no need ... : smart1
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    Uh? You're forgetting the main part of the xbox, GAME SUPPORT. Most of the games I've seen pretty sucke... : Nighteyes
    • Ps2 games weren't too hot five months out, if I remember. : Foozmelon

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• I was actually wondering just the heck I had seen this dude's name before.... : Evangelion
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  so he never made it as a successful game designer. Perhaps he wants to fill that void, and staying at MS... : ultramega
  • He made the mistake of completely overhyping his game. I'm not sure if it was his fault or if it was ju... : rossimo

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• Here's the way I see it: What good is a cheaper price if you don't want it? That applies to everything. : EvilDolemite
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  I agree. I have a PS2 and an Xbox and have been desperately looking for a reason to pick up a Gamecube. ... : Foozmelon
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    have you not been paying attention to resident evil for it? : ansuble
    • When will that be released? This summer? The PS2 and the Xbox have far better games right now. : nomaad
    • I already played it to death on PSX. Why would I pay 250 bucks to play a prettier version of it? : pipboy
    • Not interested in Resident Evil remake at the moment. Maybe seeing it played will change my mind. I d... : Foozmelon
  • Wave Race is worth the price of admission alone. SSBM is awesome with friends and decent single player.... : Bali

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• child of gay people? two fathers.. : teh snail

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• So MS's price drop was "smug" but when Nintendo does it it's a "score"? It's called business and compet... : EvilDolemite

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• Xbox == ex-Xbox : hangingChad
• Not quite. : EvilDolemite

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• i wanna see a price drop for gamecube, sonic on gamecube looks like fun. : Silent1
• just because one country gets something for less doesn't mean that every country should see the same pri... : TwiLyght

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• And so the balance of the universe is restored. I can sleep : sergio_r

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  I disagree. They've hired Nintendo's Ken Lobb, which I think has alot more clout in the industry than Se... : Foozmelon
  • I like the KLOBB gun in Goldeneye! : fragasm
  • That I didn't know.. I see. MS could be just replacing this guy cause he sucks and then he quit out of s... : jidar

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• The way I read it, he was offered the choice of resigning or being fired. :/ : WingMan

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  Its steam rolling along. Did they get some guy from Nintendo there recently? : ---D1cKy-Mo3---
  • Yes, look at my post #3. : Foozmelon
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  ? Just because one guy leaves doesn't mean the demise of a product. If that was the case, Gamecube wo... : Foozmelon
  • actually that means better sales for Nntendo probably. =) : fragasm
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    Bernie Stolar, president of Sega USA, resigned not long after Dreamcast's launch. Although it was modera... : Zillax0rz
    • Wanted more cash? Copyright design mishaps? I dont know but im sure it was typical business shit : ---D1cKy-Mo3---
    • Actually, I can see the Ken Lobb move a bigger blow to Nintendo than this one. Ken Lobb was pretty instr... : Foozmelon
  • Im not saying one guy leaving is the demise, my thought is it send a negative message to developers whic... : radicus
• Seamus has had many jobs, I'm sure he's moving on to another gaming venture. : Fred Garvin

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• No. The Ps2 already rules europe and will continue to rule there. Gamecube will likely finish second t... : johnny rotten

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• note: I just posted this to upset Xbox fan-boys. : bubble rap
• except that nintendo's gamecube isnt doing any better. Thank god for Gameboy. : johnny rotten